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The idea of e-participation is emerging as a possibility for redefining the field of politics. We must look to civil society as a construction zone for participa-tory political citizenship; in so doing we will perceive new places and forms of expression that are reorienting the relationship between politics and society (Alexander 1998, Warren 2001, Magnette 2003). We can foresee new forms of interaction between the representatives and the represented and yet, at the present time, we scarcely have even partial knowledge of these innovative scenarios.
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Unceta, A. (2010). Test Driving E-Participation: The Case of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country). In: Kalantzis-Cope, P., Gherab-Martín, K. (eds) Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299047_4
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